1 a small, round mark, like a full stop 小圆点:
a white dress with black dots白底黑点的连衣裙The letters i and j have dots above them.字母i和j上面有一点。
We use dot when we say a person's e-mail address. For the address ann@smithuni.co.uk we would say 'Ann at smithuni dot co dot uk'. 说某人电邮地址时使用小圆点。如ann@smithuni.co.uk这个地址可以读作ann at smithuni dot co dot uk。
2 something that looks like a dot 像圆点的东西:
He watched until the aeroplane was just a dot in the sky.他望着那飞机,直到飞机变成天空中的一颗小圆点为止。
on the dot(informal 非正式) at exactly the right time or at exactly the time mentioned 准时:
Lessons start at 9 o'clock on the dot.9点正开始上课。
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/dɒt ||; dɑt/verb
[T] (dotting;dotted) (usually passive 通常用于被动语态) to mark with a dot 以圆点标示
be dotted about/around to be spread over an area 散布(在某范围内);星罗棋布:
There are restaurants dotted about all over the centre of town.镇中心到处都是饭馆。be dotted with to have several things or people in or on it 散布着:
a hillside dotted with sheep羊群处处的山坡